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Researcher · University of New Mexico · United States

Robert K. Hitchcock

Robert K. Hitchcock publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Archeology, on topics such as Archaeology and Rock Art Studies, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology and African history and culture studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-8110-0289 OpenAlex
World rank
#190,393
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#70,864
of 1,627,098
Works
245
Citations
2.7k
Citations per work
10.9
h-index
24
i10-index 53Top 4.1% in Sociology and Political Science
Robert K. Hitchcock

What does Robert K. Hitchcock research?

Robert K. Hitchcock's work is mostly in Social Sciences (49%), Environmental Science (9%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (4%).

Social Sciences: 121 works · 49.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 121 works · 49.3% of their workSociology and Political Science: 41 works · 16.8% of their workAnthropology: 37 works · 15.1% of their workArcheology: 27 works · 11.2% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 works · 6.2% of their workEverything else: 91 works · 37.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 23 works · 9.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 23 works · 9.3% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 works · 9.3% of their workLife Sciences: 10 works · 4.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 works · 4.2% of their workSoil Science: 10 works · 4.2% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert K.Hitchcock245works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences9%Social Sciences49%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12149.3%
  2. Everything else9137.2%
    1. Environmental Science239.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences104.2%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science17% of their works
  2. 2Anthropology15% of their works
  3. 3Archeology11% of their works
  4. 4Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law9% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  6. 6Soil Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert K. Hitchcock's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colonialism, Livelihoods, Sustainability, Archaeology, Southern Africa, Pastoralists, Rangeland Degradation and Nationalism.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism623 topics
  2. Livelihoods602 topics
  3. Sustainability602 topics
  4. Archaeology591 topic
  5. Southern Africa591 topic
  6. Pastoralists451 topic
  7. Rangeland Degradation451 topic
  8. Nationalism422 topics
  9. Social Impact402 topics
  10. Land Reform392 topics
  11. African History251 topic
  12. Post-Colonial Africa251 topic
  13. South Africa241 topic
  14. protests241 topic
  15. Land Tenure221 topic
  16. Property Rights221 topic
  17. Globalization201 topic
  18. Neoliberalism201 topic
  19. History171 topic
  20. Zimbabwe171 topic
  21. Hydropower151 topic
  22. Resettlement151 topic

Where does Robert K. Hitchcock work?

Robert K. Hitchcock's main affiliation in the publication record is University of New Mexico, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert K. Hitchcock have?

OpenAlex counts 245 works and 2,678 citations for Robert K. Hitchcock, an h-index of 24, ranking #190,393 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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